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Solar and Wind Cheaper Than Biomass to Reliably Power the UK

September 13, 2017 Expert BlogSasha Stashwick

California Should Adopt Mandate of 100% GHG-Free Electricity

September 13, 2017 Expert BlogPeter Miller

Canada's Forest Workers Deserve the Truth

September 12, 2017 Expert BlogAnthony Swift

While the logging industry seeks to blame woodland caribou reocovery plans and other environmental protections for layoffs and wage reductions, government data show these are the result of the industry's investments in automation and mechanization, allowing them to maintain their…

CA: Consumers Have Right to Know What’s in Cleaning Products

September 12, 2017 Expert BlogAvinash Kar

Delaware River Basin Commission to Consider Fracking Ban

September 12, 2017 Expert BlogRob Friedman, Kimberly Ong

However, the resolution that has been put forward could open the watershed to the dangers of fracking wastewater contamination and the withdrawal of freshwater for fracking elsewhere. This would be a dangerous mistake.

California: America’s Climate Leader

September 11, 2017 Expert BlogRhea Suh

The Golden State is stepping up its game to set the standard for powering our nation through 100 percent clean, renewable energy.

Ameren Energy Efficiency Ruling at Illinois Commerce Commission

September 11, 2017 Press ReleaseChicago

Undercuts "one of the few successful collaborations between the Rauner Administration and Illinois General Assembly”

Post-Hurricane Priorities for Improving Preparedness & Resiliency

September 8, 2017 Issue BriefUnited StatesNRDC

As we face the increased threat of storms supercharged by climate change, we need to adopt a five-pronged strategy of preparedness, mitigation, and resiliency to protect our communities.

New Report Finds Big Mismatches in SoCal Water Plans

September 8, 2017 Expert BlogBen Chou

Where Will Bill Wehrum, Trump’s Latest EPA Nominee, Take Us On Clean Air?

September 8, 2017 Expert BlogJohn Walke

President Trump’s nominee to head EPA's air program is an industry lawyer who was largely responsible for the Bush EPA’s record of violating the Clean Air Act more often, and allowing more illegal emissions of harmful air pollution, than any…

Did Hurricane Harvey Signal the Last Dance for Attwater’s Prairie Chickens?

September 8, 2017 Latest NewsTexasJason Bittel

When you’re teetering on the brink of extinction, it takes only one flood to wash your species off the map.

The Real-Life Stories Behind the Federal Budget Numbers

September 8, 2017 Expert BlogDeron Lovaas

Policymakers in Washington can get caught up in technicalities and number-crunching and lose sight of individuals whom their policies are affecting.

Harvey & Irma: Climate Injustice in Action

September 8, 2017 Expert BlogRob Friedman

In the past three weeks, tens of thousands of people around the world, from Texas, to Barbuda, to Bangladesh, have been impacted by disasters exacerbated by climate change. Our hearts and prayers go out to everyone impacted now. But one…

Irma? Harvey?—We Need to Talk About Infrastructure. Now.

September 8, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

But if we don’t discuss flood protection, too, it’s meaningless.

Mismatched: A Comparison of Future Water Supply and Demand for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and Its Member Agencies

September 7, 2017 Issue BriefUnited States, CaliforniaBen Chou

MWD’s projections of future annual water demands are 335,000 to 554,000 acre-feet per year higher than what is predicted by its member agencies over the next 25 years.